Provides information on the human resource management (HRM) policies and practices followed by 495 large U.S. businesses. These businesses employ 3.9 million workers and are broadly distributed across all industries. Activities covered include: planning, recruitment, selection, training, performance appraisal, compensation, communications and employee involvement, and employee and union-management relations. Charts, tables and graphs. A landmark study!

This is an ideal foundation text for anyone studying or working in the International Human Resource Management (IHRM) arena. This text utilizes and incorporates most of what is currently known, researched or experienced in the field. It features data and examples from academic research, international businesses and consulting firms, as well as experiences of and interviews with HRM managers in multinational and global firms. This book offers both a theoretical and practical treatment of this important and constantly evolving area. Thoroughly updated and revised, this second edition now includes key terms, learning objectives, discussion questions and an end-of-book integrative case. It has been designed to lead readers through all of the key topics in a highly engaging and approachable way. This book focuses on IHRM within multi-national enterprises (MNEs) and covers topics including: * MNE and country culture * organizational structure, strategy and design * international joint ventures and cross-border mergers and acquisitions * labour standards, ethics and codes of conduct * selection and mangement of international assignees * training and management development * compensation and benefits * health and safety and crisis management * IHRM departments and professionals Uncovering precisely why IHRM is important for success in international business and how IHRM policies and practices function within the multinational enterprise, this outstanding textbook provides an essential foundation for an understanding of the theory and practice of IHRM. This book is essential reading for all students, lecturers and IHRM professionals.

How is it that so many seemingly intelligent organizations implement harmful management practices & ideas? With his provocative new book The Human Equation, bestselling author Jeffrey Pfeffer masterfully builds a business case for managing people more effectively-not just because it makes for good corporate policy, but because it results in outstanding performance & profits. Challenging the current thinking, Pfeffer: provides economical alternatives to downsizing; identifies troubling trends in compensation, & suggests better procedures; explains when even the smartest managers sometimes manage people unwisely; provides guidelines for implementing high-performance management practices.

Human Resource Strategy provides an overview of the academic and practitioner responses to these and other questions. Applying an integrative framework, the authors review twenty years' worth of empirical and theoretical research in an attempt to reconcile often-conflicting conceptual models and competing empirical results. The authors present much of the relevant research in the context of the critical strategic decisions that executives must actually make with regard to human resource investments and deployments. As a result, often complex theoretical models and scientific findings are presented such that they are not only understandable but also highly relevant to non-research-oriented practitioners.

Tayeb (management and languages, Heriot-Watt U.) enters the debate about internationalization and globalization by proposing two dynamic models of human resource management (HRM) internationalization and international HRM in multinational corporations. She summarizes key debates in HRM and discusses the applicability of various HRM models in differ

Pay is a key element of the employment relationship and it has been advocated by some recently as a tool for enhancing organizational performance and sustained competitiveness. This book explores the realities of contemporary pay management in seven leading companies operating globally in the fast moving consumer goods sector.